David Vincent Hooper
David Vincent Hooper (31 August 1915 – 3 May 1998), born in Reigate, was a British chess player and writer. He was the British correspondence chess champion in 1944 and the London Chess Champion in 1948. He played in the Chess Olympiad at Helsinki in 1952.
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David Vincent Hooper
- Born
- 31 August 1915
- Birthplace
- Reigate, England
- Died
- 3 May 1998
- Nationality
- United Kingdom · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- chess player · writer
- Languages
- English
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• Country — England • Born — 31 August 1915 • Birthplace — Reigate, England • Died — 3 May 1998
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Hooper was one of eight children and attended the Whitgift School, Croydon.
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Hooper was an expert in the chess endgame and in chess history of the nineteenth century. He is best known for his chess writing, including The Oxford Companion to Chess (1992 with Ken Whyld), Steinitz (Hamburg 1968, in German), and A Pocket Guide to Chess Endgames (London 1950).
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